alliance
Example Sentences
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Maharashtra's political landscape is notoriously complex - a web of shifting alliances, regional loyalties and rivalries.
From BBC
She said EU efforts should "remain complementary" to those of the alliance, but insisted Europe needed to play a bigger role.
From Barron's
Maliki, who has links to Iran, was selected at the weekend by an alliance of Shia-led parties as its nominee for prime minister.
From BBC
"Suddenly, we need to rethink the standard patterns and blocks of alliances," he noted.
From Barron's
But earlier presidents still considered the alliance an essential asset to U.S. foreign policy and the cornerstone of a system that prevented war in Europe for most of a century.
From Los Angeles Times
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